Colander.



UNITED s'raans PATENT. @FFKCE.

CARL OTTO BERG-MALT, OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 MARK MANUFACTUR- ING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A COPARTNERSHIP COMPOSED OF ANSON.

MARK, CLAYTON MARK, AND CYRUS MARK.

PIPE-VISE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CARL O'r'ro B ER GMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Evanston, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pipe -Vises, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in pipe vises, and aims to provide a quick and eilicient fastening means for attaching such vises to a bench or other support.

Other objects will appear in the specification.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of a pipe vise secured to a supporting means by means of my improved attachment. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the base of my improved vise. Fig. 1 is a perspective of the clamping member. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view along the line 5, 5 of Fig. 3.

Like 1 numerals refer to like elements throughout the drawings, in which 10 designates a common form of pipe vise provided with a base 11 having the usual bolting holes or apertures 12 and 13. In ordinary practice, when it is desired to set up such a vise, bolting members are passed through the holes 12 and 13 and bolted to the supporting bench or board. My invention aims to do away with the necessity of employing bolts and drilling suitable holes, etc., in the supporting means.

1 1 is the rear base flange of the vise extending a trifle below the bottom of the base 11 of the vise, as shown in Fig. 2.

15 are corrugations embodied in the side flanges of the base of the vise for a purpose to be hereinafter described.

16 designates my improved clamping member in its entirety having a flat top portion 17 adapted when in posit-ion to contact with the base of the vise.

18 is the rear face of the clamping member, and is provided with the side flanges 19 connecting the rear face 18 and top face 17 of the clamping member and forming a strengthening means for the entire clamping member. Projecting out from the lower portion of the clamping member, and formed integrally preferably with the s de flanges 19 and rear face 18 is a prQ ectm bottom portion 21 provided with a thread Specification of Letterslatent.

Application filed March 14, 1911.

Patented Sept. 23, 1913.

Serial No. 614,386.

hole 22. Projecting through and coacting with this threaded hole 22 is a threaded screw 23 carrying at its upper extremity a clamping plate 24 provided with engaging studs 25 on its upper surface. The clamping plate 24 is connected to the upper portion of the threaded screw 23 by a ball and socket engagement, as shown at 26 in Figs. 1 and 2. This enables the clamping plate 24 to engage surfaces not lying in a plane at right angles to the axis of the screw and also prevents the clamping plate, when the studs 25 are in engagement with supporting means, from rotating with the turning of the threaded screw 23.

Pivoted t0 the lower portion of the screw is an operating handle or lever 27 bifurcated at its upper portion to form the space 28 having shoulders 29 pivotally secured to the lower extremity of the threaded screw 23 at 30. Projecting out from and integrally formed with the upper face of the clamping member are engaging arms 31 bent upwardly at 32 and provided with ofi'set heads or lugs 33 having the forwardly arranged flat under faces 34, as shown in Fig. 2. These heads 33 preferably are arranged to lie on a line parallel to the rear face of the clamping member, the flat portions 34 being arranged rearwardly of a vertical plane passing through the axis of the threaded screw 23, for a purpose to be described later.

It is to be noted that the holes 1.3 in the base 11 of the vise are preferably inclined slightly or enlarged at their rear portion, as shown at 13' in Fig. 5 of the drawings.

In the operation of my device, the clamping plate 24 is drawn down to its lower posit1on by means of the rotation of the lever 27 and screw 23. The heads 33 of the engaging arms 31 are inserted in the openings 13 in the base of the vise, the whole clamping member being tilted slightly forward at the moment of insertion of said arms 31 and then tilted back until the face 17 will contact with the base of the vise. The rear flange 14 of the vise forming an auxiliary stop or shoulder for engagement with the rear face of the clamping member is shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. This will bring the flat portions 34 of the engaging heads 33 into contact with the up )er face of the base of the vise. The base oi the vise may then TINTTED @TATEd PATENT @FFTCE.

SARAH E. BOYD, 0F GOTEBO, OKLAHOMA.

GOLANDER.

Application filed March 13,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SARAH E. BOYD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gotebo, in the county of Kioka and State of Okla homa, have invented a new and useful Colantler; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved useful colander or sieve.

As an object of the invention, it is the aim to provide a utensil of this nature for cutting up or mincing raw or cooked fruits or the like, and pressing out their juices preparatory to making jellies, syrups, and apple float and the like.

Another object of the invention is to construct a colander in such wise as to permit the same to be disassembled, whereby the grinder or cutter may be easily removed, so as to be cleaned.

In practical fields the minor details of construction may necessitate alterations, to which the patentce has a right, provided the alterations fall within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings :--I igure 1 is a view in perspective of the improved colander constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a view showing the upper part and the lower part of a colander disconnected. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line 5-5 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view showing two parts of the colander separated.

Referring to the drawings 1 designates the upper portion or cylinder of the colander having a handle 2. The upper portion or cylinder at its lower edge is provided with oppositely arranged recesses or notches 3, and adjoining said notches or recesses are cam flanges i, the surfaces 5 of which are inclined, as shown clearly in Figs. 4 and 6. The flanges are provided with notches or re cesses 6. The lower part of the colander comprises the inner and outer bands 7 and 8, between which the mesh work or perforated bottom 9 is securely clamped. The inner Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 23,1913.

1913. Serial No. 754,087.

band 7 contacts with the lower peripheral edge of the cylinder 1, when the two parts are connected. \V hen connecting the two parts, the cylinder 1 telescopes slightly into the outer band 8, after which the lower part is partially rotated in one direction, while the cylinder 1 is partially rotated in the 0pposite direction, thereby causing the lugs 12 to ride the inclined surfaces 5 of the cam flanges, until the lugs 12 engage the recesses or notches 6, in this manner locking the upper and lower parts of the colander together. Prior to connecting the two parts the shaft or rod 14 is inserted in the recesses or notches 3. In order to allow the lugs 12 to engage the cam flanges, the band 8 is constructed with elongated oppositely arranged recesses 15, the shoulders 16 of which engage the shaft 1.4 to limit the lower part in position, at the same time the lugs 12 engage the recesses or matches 6.

A cutting member 17 is carried by and rotatablo with the shaft tit, which is provided with a crank handle 18. The cutting member comprises a steel band arranged in helical volute scrolls, which substantially conform to the curvature of the perforated bottom or sieve 9. The blade of the cutting mel'nber is provided with teeth 19 and projections 21, for cutting up and mincing the fruit. However, in F ig. 2 a plurality of arms, shown in dotted lines is carried by the shaft or rod 1 1:; these arms are denoted by the character 21.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is In a colander comprising upper and lower sections, the lower section including a perforated bottom, means for detachably connecting the two parts, a shaft extending transversely of the upper part, and a cutting member carried by said shaft, said cutting member comprising a flat steel blade provided with teeth and projections, said blade being constructed in helical volute scrolls, which substantially conform to the curvature of the perforated bottom.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SARAH E. BOYD.

Witnesses:

T. J. Howe, T. O. Wrr'runs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

